Boot or shoe cleaner.



No. 766,784. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904. W. S. WHITE. BOOT 0R. SHOE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21. 1903. RENEWBD JULY 7. 1904. N0 MODEL.

IINTTED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER S. WHITE, OF JAMESTOWN, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ISAAC S. SHERWIN, OE IITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, JOHN E. STEVART, J. W. ELY, D. D. IVAKELEE, AND T. H. RUSSELL, OF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, AND A. N. HEILER,

OE CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOT OR SHOE CLEANER.

SIBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,784, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed May 21, 1903. Renewed July '7, 1904. Serial No. 215,647. (No model.)

To n/,ZZ when?, '1215 may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVAL'ruR S. WHITE, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Boot or Shoe Cleaner, of which the following, takeuin connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices for clean IO ing the boots and shoes before entering the house; and the device shown herewith is an improvement over my former invention as shown in Letters Patent No. 712,110, dated October 28, 1902; and the object of my pres- `i 5 ent improvement is to simplify my former construction and to provide means for the removal of the combined scraper and brush from the frame, which means locks it against accidental removal when in use in the frame.

2o In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved foot-cleaner with the scraper in position for use. Eig. 2 is an elevation of the tripper end of the scraper with the cleaner partly turned and showing the locking and removing slots. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the opposite end of the cleaner, showing the locking-slot therein. Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cleaner in a position of removal :from the frame.

3o Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the corresponding views.

The numeral 10 is the frame, which is usually made of a single strip of metal which has .its ends 11 and 12 bent to an upright position. The frame is secured to the porch Hoor or step by suitable screws. End 11 has an opening 13 therein to receive the round trunnion 14C of one end of the cleaner. Opening' 13 is made in keyhole form. The enlarged 4o opening' at the top is to allow the removal of the trunnion-head 15, and the slotted lower portion is to lock the trunnion against end movement. Trunnion 14 has a suitable head 15 to lock in slotted opening 13.

The upright end 12 of frame. 10 has a keyhole-shaped opening 16 similar to that in end 11, the round upper portion being greatly enlarged to receive the rectangular trunnion 17, which is attached to the opposite end of the cleaner from trunnion 14. This round opening 16 has a diameter a little larger than the width of trunnion 17, so that the trunnion can easily turn therein. The locking-notch in the lower portion of opening 16 is of suflicient depth to receive rectangular trunnion 17 and hold it against severe strain. This usually requires that it should be of a depth about equal to the width of the trunnion. The cleaner is made with a brush 18, having a wooden head 19, to which trunnions 14C and 60 17 can be easily secured, a strong screw serving for trunnion 14 and an angle-piece for trunnion 17. A metal plate 20 is secured to one side of brush-head 19 by suitable screws and extends out on the side opposite brush 18 65 to serve as a foot-scraper. Trunnions 14 and 17 are placed nearer to the side, having plate 20 in order to better balance the cleaner.

In order to trip or turn the cleaner from one side to the other, an S-shaped tripper 21 70 is attached to trunnion 17, as shown, so that the toe may be inserted under tripper 21 and trunnion 17 raised out of its locking-slot. At the moment of raising the tripper the toe is drawn toward the person, thus giving the tripper a quick turn as it rolls otI the foot.

It is apparent that the cleaner will be easily turned, since it balances on the round trunnion 14 on the opposite end of the frame. The S-shaped tripper easily turns off the toe, 8O and the cleaner turns on the round trunnion like a swivel when the tripper end is raised. Other forms of trippers might be used and not depart from my invention. I, however, prefer the S-shaped, since it turns the cleaner S5 over once, but does not allow it to go farther, the other end of the tripper catching on the toe.

A cut is made in end 12 from one side of opening' 16 to the outer edge, and the edges 90 of this cut are bent in opposite directions, so as to form an angular slot 22 of suiiieient width to allow the edgewise removal of trunnion 17 from opening 16 when trunnionV 17 is turned at the proper angle, as shown in Eig. 1,but which locks trunnion 17 when not so turned.

Suliicient play is given in frame 10 at the tripper end of the cleaner for the cleaner to move endWise. It is now apparent that if it is desired to remove the cleaner from frame it is raised in end 11 of the frame until head of trunnion 14 can escape through the upper end of opening' 13 by the cleaner being moved endWise. The cleaner is then turned on its side and the end containing trunnion 14 is raised to .the proper angle, Which Will allow the escape of trunnion 17 through slot 22. The cleaner may be returned to its normal position in the frame by reversing the operation.

It is obvious that the cleaner will be locked in frame 10 when in use and can easily be removed for cleansing or to prevent theft.

I claim as new- 1. In a boot and shoe cleaner, a frame having suitable uprights provided with keyholeshaped slots, a cleaner-head revolubly hung in said keyhole-slots on a round trunnion and a rectangular trunnion, a locking-head for one of said trunnions, and means for removal of said cleaner from the frame.

2. In a boot and shoe cleaner, a frame having suitable uprights provided with keyholeshaped openings,a cleaner-head provided with a round trunnion having a locking-head at one end and a rectangular trunnion at the other for mounting in said uprights, and the upright for the rectangular trunnion provided With a removal-slot for said trunnion.

3. Inaboot and shoe cleaner, a frame having suitable uprights provided with keyholeshaped openings, a head having a brush on one side and a scraper on the other, a round trunnion on said brush-head provided with av head for locking against endxvise` movement in one or' said keyholes, a rectangular trunnion on said brush-head for locking in the other keyhole, and the upright for said rectangular trunnion provided With a slot from its keyhole for the admission and eXit of the trunnion from the frame.

4. A boot and shoe cleaner comprising a frame having uprights and means for securing the frame to a support, a cleaner-head having a brush on one side and a scraper on the other, a round trunnion at one end of said head and a rectangular trunnion at the other, an S-shaped tripper on said rectangular trunnion, said uprights provided with keyholeshaped openings for revolubly mounting and locking said trunnions, the upright for said rectangular tri lnnion provided with a removalslot irom its opening, and the .sides of said removal-slot turned at an angle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony WhereofI have signed my name to this speciication in the presence or' two subscribing Witnesses.

IVALTER S. WHITE.

IVitnesses:

A. IV. KETTLE, L. T. BALDWIN. 

